As we approach Christmas, we hope you're able to take some time to relax and reflect on such a challenging year.

In our final EFEx Digital newsletter of the year, we're delighted to share with you details of a limited edition Manchester Folk Festival 2021 Festival Pass - available at a discount to you as EFEx Digital subcribers. The first wave of artists have just been announced including Spiers & Boden, Jesca Hoop, Kathryn Tickell & The Darkening, O'Hooley & Tidow, Gigspanner Big Band and John Bramwell. Stay tuned for loads more amazing artists being announced in the coming months. A festival pass gives you access to all of these great gigs and more.

And if you've run out of box sets to binge on, why not rewatch some of the panel discussions from our Folk Talk Live; What Next event we held last month? Packed with discussions about the folk world including a panel about the #TradStandsWithHer movement, an interview between Edgelarks' Hannah Martin and Beardy Folk Festival's David Spier and much more.